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Wanting to market its beer beyond its own walls but lacking the brewing capacity to do so, Mickey Finn's (alias Libertyville Brewing Co.) is brewing extra batches of its popular Mainstreet Wheat Ale at rented brewery space in Stevens Point, Wis. And as of last week, Rinella Brothers, the agency that distributes Budweiser in Lake County, began distributing the ale under the Libertyville Brewing name to Lake County restaurants.

The way Mickey Finn's co-owner Pat Elmquest tells it, he and partner Bill Sugars could not keep up with demand for the ale and still brew a full range of flavors on site. Mickey Finn's brewmaster Chris Swersey and assistant Ryan Ashley will supervise the Stevens Point batches.

"We already expanded twice here. There's no room for more expansion. This frees us up so we can maintain a variety of beers," Elmquest said.